I hear a lot about people's least favorite weapon, but not about the favorites. Why is it that you gravitate towards one weapon more than another?

For me, I really like the SA-805, and the Vector. The SA-805 has a decently high fire rate, and a very consistent time to kill. 3 shots up close, 4 shots at a distance. I can put a silencer on it, and it works really well for me. Plus, I don't mind the iron sights, and the kick is relatively easy to control once you figure it out.

The Vector is kinda weird, but I love it with a silencer and rapid-fire. Because of how much damage it does, rapid-fire makes up close times to kill very fast. The kick is mostly vertical, and I can hip-fire spray if I need to.

In about a week or so, I'll be putting up another thread about the most used guns in Ghosts, based on people's "preferred weapon" in their combat record. I'm aware that the preferred weapon isn't always their favorite, but it's decently accurate.

MR-28 and the SA-805. These are my long and close(er) range weapons of choice. I use the ACOG with both and a silencer on the 805 only.

Xboxahoy IMO did a great review of these two weapons (and I agree with his reviews on the MRs as a hole). The MR-28 RoF allows you to be more aggressive than any of the MR rifles. Combined with it's damage, handling and accuracy, it is by far the best MR for someone who likes to use the semi-autos and likes to move a fair amount. Combined with the ACOG, it gives you a distinct advantage at mid to long range against all opponents except those using a sniper rifle. Compared to rifles of the same class the RoF and handling more than make up for the range deficiencies it has against the IA2, MK14 and SVU.

The 805 is the best silenced AR. Good rate of fire and low damage drop off when using the silencer allows it to be used in close and mid range engagements very effectively. The RoF allows you to spray when you need to in close quarters combat. The recoil at range can become a problem which is why I use the MR-28 on the mid sized and larger maps, unsilenced. The one thing I would strongly recommend if you go unsilenced is a good headset and amplify because when you don't use a silencer on the mid size maps they can come at you in waves. And with the longer ADS times and poor hip fire you need to be prepared to survive the onslaught.

My fav weapon is the SA-805 too but the AKs keep trashing me badly so I'm kinda forced to play with an AK, and then the Remingtons have better TTK than the AKs so the Remingtons are now my issue since they have better range, less overall recoil and more wall penetration, so you gunfight a Remington with an AK-12 both with same attachments and behind cover, the Remington is more likely to win, and if that's at long range, the Remington will win over any other AR.

Good news is: at close range most ARs outrun Remingtons, so the ARs are not that imba. ^_^

As per other weapons: Tac 12, VK7, The SMG with the armor piercing mod (never used it, but every time I pick it up I feel like I just got a minigun out an ammo crate), the Ameli (another I never used but love to pick up) and the IA-2.

It's an extremely sexy and fun to use gun for me. It also matched the way I use shotguns.

It's an effective middle-grounder for the manual vs semi shotguns. It has enough range to get some decent kills, and it also has semi-auto goodness. I like the sights as well. I also think it's the few good-looking guns when you have gold camo on it.

Has anyone else noticed the gold camos getting less detailed? I think BO1 was the best, very reflective and includes pretty black details. From Bo1->MW3->Bo2->Ghosts, it seems that the gold camos are now more just copied and pasted over the gun. It doesn't have the extra detailing, (the black/gold color scheme from Bo1,) it's just a plain gold-on-everything.

I dunno, I usually found the gold camos to be pretty ugly overall. They just never appealed to me on any weapons.

It also seems to cause a lot of inflated egos by those who use it in thinking that by running around with it on, it somehow automatically labels them as "skilled" when, really, ANYONE could eventually get them by sheer grinding.

my "favorite" guns are more connected to particular maps, which is why I actually enjoy this game unlike black ops 2 where every match was a visit to crazy town and you never knew what nonsense was going to fly your way next. You can actually have a consistent strategy in this game, unlike BLOPS2 (my favorite CODs are BLOPS1 and Ghosts FWIW).

My favorite gun is the LMG Chain SAW. It's such a fun gun to use. It's not over-powered. It's just fun. I don't see a lot of people play it online. Makes me feel special ^_^. My second favorite is the Marksman Rifle SVU. Very stylish gun. Kills everything in two shots.